- From: Biju <bijumaillist@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 01:48:25 -0400
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Andrew de Andrade <andrew at deandrade.com.br> wrote: > 2) The HTML5 specification defines how browsers should implement this > consistently --> either a bar across the top OR modal dialog box, but > not both. This isn't ideal either since there are arguments both for Right now Firefox 4 allow user to put address bar on bottom of page. Then the pop up will be at bottom. (All version of Firefox and SeaMonkey also allow to hide address bar) If address bar is hidden, Firefox 4 will position the GeoLocation popup depending on the Tab position. 1. As Firefox USER, I dont want WHATWG to tell Mozilla to stop allowing customization. 2. As a computer USER, I dont want any modal pop ups in applications. or in other words, I want to be on control, not the developer and especially absolutely no control for a web developer. (please read about CICS programming, you could write enterprise level on-line applications in a platform which dont allow any modal screens) Right now following javascript function xyz(){ navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function(position) {alert(position)}); } setTimeout(xyz,2000); will trigger geoLocation after 2 seconds. A malicious website can use this now to create annoyances for USER. What I want from browser vendors is make navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition and navigator.geolocation.watchPosition ONLY callable from a CLICK event. I thought we all learned lesson from window.open popups I also wanted browser vendors to provide easy option for user to lie about their location. Cheers Biju
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